During the time of which two of the most recognized and distinguished Empires in human history existed, The Persian Empire and the Greek Empire. However, the Persians failed to see the importance of the Greeks or even consider them worthy. How is this possible? How can one Empire be blind to greatness of another? Well, there are actually quite a few reasons. To start, the Persian Empire was the largest ever seen, it's colossal military size and well branched out government dominated that of all other societies. The government was centralized, and yet spread out evenly between twenty different states, all of which answered to the King. The Persian King boasted extreme wealth throughout much of his kingdom. His people obtained the most valuable metals and other high demand resources, promising them a constant appeal to trade.
The Greek paucity of trade, Empire size, and centralized government were all reasons pointing to the lack of attention from the Persians. The greeks were not viewed as a valuable subject for conquering because they did not possess needed resources and were well defended. To the Persians, Greece was a high stake + low value Empire, easily not worth their time.
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